2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2008 election for Tennessee Senate District 12
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Ken Yager (R) won with 51.2% of the vote, defeating Becky Ruppe (D) by 7.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ken YagerRepublican · winner
51.2%32,509
Becky RuppeDemocrat
44.1%27,983
Christopher G. FennerIndependent
4.7%2,954
63,446 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET